Influence of a natural stressor (predator odor) on locomotor activity in the meadow vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus): Modulation by sex, reproductive condition and gonadal hormones

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-276

  Perrot Sinal, Tara ^a   Ossenkopp, Klaus Peter ^a   Kavaliers, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Locomotor activity; Natural stressor; Reproductive status; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOX; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODORS; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SMELL; STRESS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033962652     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(99)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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